I think that the general policy re football activities

is to set the budgets and then leave it to the manager. Which after all, is a pretty sensible policy.
They don't ask PG to get involved in real estate, catering. financial services etc. Because he's unlikely to be much of an expert in any of those fields. Likewise, PG is considered the football expert so thats his baby, so to speak.
There's no doubt whatsoever that the non football activities contribute substantial amounts of money to the club's coffers. These would then be avaiable to distribute as *wisely* as the board can manage. I.E. Some is reinvested into the non football activities to generate further additional income. The rest being made available for on field budget. It's all a bit of a balancing act, but one things for sure, we'd be far worse off financially if our only income stream was derived from footballing activities.

Posted By: mike_the_sphinx, Dec 7, 10:31:40